[blml] Wrong board

[Marvin French]

From: "Sven Pran"

> > On Behalf Of Marvin French
> > Two pairs bid the wrong board, one bidding 1NT-3NT. The  opening
> > lead is a heart and immediately the mistake is noticed. When the
> > notrump bidders play the board later, the bidding is the same
and
> > the TD rules no problem, play on, and goes away.
> >
> > But the opening lead is not a heart this time. What now?
>
> Law 15C only applies if the error is discovered during the auction
period.
> In this case the auction period has ended and the play period
begun so
> either Law 15A or Law 15B should have been used.
>
But does a faced opening lead, no further play, really make it a
played board?

This was a barometer game, each pair of tables sharing a set of
preduplicated boards. Conditions of play for the game are that both
pairs are equally responsible for playing the right boards.

When the original defenders played the board against the right pair
on the next round, the bidding was the same and of course the same
lead was made.

I would have thought that the original heart lead would be UI in the
second case, and go from there. I can see that declarer might be
adversely limited by the UI, but he was partially at fault for
starting the board not scheduled for play that round.

Marv
Marvin L. French
San Diego, California
www.marvinfrench.com